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Musculoskeletal
Term | Definition |
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fasci/o | band, fascia(fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
lumb/o | loins(lower back) |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-tomy | incision |
flexion | decreases the angle of a joint |
extension | increases the angle of the joint |
adduction | moves closer to the midline |
abduction | moves away from the midline |
rotation | moves a bone around its axis |
dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
pronantion | turns the palm hand |
supination | turns the palm up |
eversion | moves the sole of the foot inward |
inversion | moves the sole of the foot outward |
plantar flexion | lowers the foot (points the toes) |
carp/o | carpus (wrist bones) |
cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
metacarp/o | metacarpus(hand bones) |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg) |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
pelv/o | pelvis |
pel/i | pelvis |
radi/o | radiation, x-ray |
tibi/o | tibia |
ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
lamin/o | lamina |
myel/o | bone marrow;spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oset/o | bone |
-clast | to break; surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fixiation (of a bone or joint) |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-porosis | porous |